Photo Op.

We’re grateful our friend Dave Tushla moved to Yosemite. Firstly, because it makes him happy, and secondly, because we get to bask in the products of his joy. Here are some more of Dave’s photographs for your viewing pleasure… To view Tushla’s inaugural collection of pictures, […]

Living on the Pacific Ocean, water is essential…to our very soul. Karol Franks shares her views of water… Karol Franks is the creative eye of Karol Franks Photography. Purchase her photos as prints or on tote bags, stationery, stickers, and clothing at Red Bubble. […]

Day Trips L.A.: I’m a single dad living in Pasadena with my two kids, a 5-year-old girl and a 8-year-old boy. I grew up in Upstate N.Y. fishing, camping, exploring, and getting lost in the woods with my family. My dad led us on some nuts trips in the Adirondacks and Montana, and I loved […]

Imagine 40-50 “gentle giants” transforming from 2,500 cubic meters of fabric into full-blown hot air balloons, then—along with the rising sun—launching into the sky. Karol Franks attended this year’s Temecula Valley’s Balloon & Wine Festival at the end of May and kindly shares her photos, both untouched and photo-shopped to airlift us back in time, […]

A last minute drama of the teenage variety had us forcibly volunteer to drive said teenager and friend down to San Diego for a boy band concert. As our attendance at said concert was not desired, on either parties count, we dropped off two overly-excited fans at the top of a hill to join the […]

We are grateful to Karol Franks for sharing her photos of the Lavender Festival in Beaumont at 123 Farm. It will definitely be on our calender for next year! Find details at HSresort.com/thelavenderfestival. ~~~ Karol Franks is the creative eye of […]

The Walking Pasadena group started on Facebook in April 2014. The purpose? To share experiences of pedestrian exploration of, from, and on the streets of Pasadena (and thereabouts), both online and in person. We schedule occasional group walks, but mostly we share photos and events and questions of interest to pedestrian explorers in our city. […]

Some years ago, a dear friend bought a camera. In 2013, he took his first trip to Yosemite. And he fell in love. David Tushla has been returning to Yosemite ever since and just last month he took the leap and moved there. Dave has been kind enough to share some of his photos of […]

Artist Kate Carvellas creates assemblages and paints. We are in awe of her productivity. And, she has an intriguing eye… ~~~ Kate Carvellas, in her own words: I am a self-taught artist who lives and creates in Pasadena, CA. In 2004, […]

We’re calling this “Cactus Woe” as we may be the only person on the planet that manages to kill cacti. Going back decades to a lovely specimen we had sophomore year at UCSB when we lived off-campus in a small house in Isla Vista, we were the doubting “Thomas” amidst three other young women—a Catholic, […]